Magnifying-glass.



No. 672,179. Patented Apr.-l6, l90l.

J. B. PORTIAZR.

MAGNIFYlNG GLASS.

(Application filed Sept. 1 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED (STATES- PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN B. PORTER, OF OANADY, MISSISSIPPI.

MAGNlFYlNG-GLASS.

.iPEGIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 672,179, dated. April 16, 1901.

Application filed September 1, 1900. Serial No. 28,838- (No model.)

T or whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. PORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oanady, in the county of Jackson and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magnifying-Glasses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a magnifying-glass I adapted especially for reading purposes and designed to be attached to one of the fingers of the user.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form in cross-section and of any preferred width,

and length. This glass 4 is formed with perforations 5, adapted'to receive the ends of a wire 6, said wire being bent around the thimble 1 adjacent to the flange 2 thereof and extending through openings 7, formed in the lug or enlargement 3 of the thimble, and diverged to support the lens.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the thimble 1 is adapted to be fitted upon the end of the finger which presents the lens or glass 4 in position to be moved along acolumn of reading matter, and the device is designed to serve the purpose of an ordinary eyeglass without '40 fthe inconvenience incident to the use of the latter.

While the lens or glass 4 is shown in the drawings as of concavo-convex form in crosssection, it will be apparent that the invention is not restricted to this particular form of lens.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, a readingglass comprising a thimble formed at one end with an upwardly-projecting flange; a magnifying-glass; and means for securing the glass to the thimble consisting of a wire surrounding said thimble and extending through said flange and diverged at its ends for attach- 5 5 ment to the lens.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. PORTER. Witnesses:

W. M. SMITH, E. G. OVERSTREET. 

